SearchCap: The Day In Search, Jan. 25, 2007

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web:

From Search Engine Land:

• 3 Ways To Use Your Competition To Build Links & Targeted Traffic
  The idea of using your competition to build links, trust and reputation and benefit from the knock on effect of better search engine rankings as a result may seem alien to many. Savvy web marketers have been doing this for years, however. Bloggers often do it without even realizing it…
• Google AdSense Tests New Features: My Publishers, Ad Placement & Message Inbox
  Google AdSense has launched three new features overnight, some of the features are available to everyone and some are a limited test. My Publishers: The most interesting feature was spotted by Media Viper where he shows that Google has added a “My Publishers” tab to his AdSense console. The My…
• Google Video Search Now Includes YouTube Results
  Google just announced that Google Video Search now includes YouTube video results. For example, a search on michael jordan in Google Video, brings back many results from YouTube already. Here is a screen capture: The remainder of the press release discusses how Google will keep YouTube as an “independent subsidiary”…
• Google To Share Bugs & Bombs At Google Testing Blog
  Philipp Lenssen reports that Google launched a new blog named the Google Test Blog. The Welcome to the Google Testing Blog by Google Engineer, Allen Hutchison, explains that Google will be sharing their debugging and testing experiences with the public….
• Fox Subpoenas Google’s YouTube For Identity Of User Who Uploaded “24″ Video
  Steve Bryant broke the story that Fox subpoenaed both Google owned YouTube and LiveDigital for the name of the individual who uploaded the full four hours of the premier of 24. The premier was reportedly posted prior to the live airing of the show and Fox reportedly found out about…
• Search Search Marketing Blogs With A Google CSE
  Todd Malicoat created a new Google Custom Search Engine (CSE) seeded by Lee Odden’s comprehensive list of must read search marketing blogs. You can access Todd’s Google CSE over here, I like some of the results so far. Todd, also added the search box to his right side navigation, just…
• Speculation: The Google Search Results Page With Google Video Ads
  Allen Stern designed a mock up of what it would look like, if Google added their Google Video ads to the Google search results page. It is pretty funny and you would hope that Google would never take it this far. The inspiration for Allen Stern’s design was based on…

Search News Headlines From Elsewhere:

• ABCSearch Screening Affiliate Traffic, Marketing Pilgrim
  
• WebmasterRadio and iTunes, Joost de Valk
  

• Leaders Look to Engage on Yahoo! Answers, Yahoo! Search blog
  
• How to Never have a Google Ranked Site, thetapestry.org
  
• Google should take down website, says chief executive, Stuff.co.nz
  
• Show us your university campus in 3D, Official Google Blog
  

• Google Shows More Answers, Google Operating System
  

• Some Great Google Tools You May Not Know About, LAist
  
• Microsoft Selling Ads on Live Online, Search Engine Watch Blog
  

• Podcast: Daily SearchCast, Jan. 25, 2007, Daily Search Cast
  
• Podcast: Daily SearchCast, Jan. 24, 2007, Daily Search Cast
  
• Podcast: Daily SearchCast, Jan. 23, 2007, Daily Search Cast
  
• Everything in its place(ment), Google AdSense Blog
  

• Google using Intel servers again, News.com
  

• “Send to Friend” Feature for Google Gadgets, Google Blogoscoped
  
• What Google Advertisments on Mobile Phones Might Look Like, SEO By The Sea
  

• New from AOL’s Video Upload Service, UnCut Private Videos, ResourceShelf
  
• About badware warnings, Official Google Webmaster Central Blog
  
• Brand Advertisers Bash Google’s Ad Serving Policies, ClickZ
  
• Shopping Engine Wize.com Receives $4 Million in Venture Cap Funding; AOL Names New International and Euro Leadership, ResourceShelf
  

• A Few Questions For Joe Kraus, John Battelle
  

• Google tailors Earth for DOD users, FCW.com News
  
• Podzinger Releases List of Top Search Terms of 2006, ResourceShelf
  

• Increase the number of pages Yahoo indexes on your site, Stone Temple
  
• New Ask.com Smart Answer for International Children’s Digital Library Online, ResourceShelf
  
• eBay Keeps Google Checkout in Check, Business Week
  
• adCenter Update, adCenter Blog
  

• The Virtual Desktop Takes Step Forward with Zoho and OmniDrive Partnership, ResourceShelf
  

• Report Center Series (Part 1), Google AdWords Blog
  
• Google’s Policy on No follow and Reviews is Hypocritical and Wrong, Wolf Howl
  

• When affiliate marketing meets search engine optimization, Pandia